Part V Public Transport
Public service vehicles
I1E1C141 Accessibility certificates.
F11
A regulated public service vehicle shall not be used on a road unless—
a
a vehicle examiner has issued a certificate (an “accessibility certificate”) that such provisions of the PSV accessibility regulations as may be prescribed are satisfied in respect of the vehicle; or
b
an approval certificate has been issued under section 42 in respect of the vehicle.
2
The Secretary of State may make regulations—
a
with respect to applications for, and the issue of, accessibility certificates;
b
providing for the examination of vehicles in respect of which applications have been made;
c
with respect to the issue of copies of accessibility certificates in place of certificates which have been lost or destroyed.
3
If a regulated public service vehicle is used in contravention of this section, the operator of the vehicle is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
4
In this section “operator” has the same meaning as in the M1Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981.